{"id":490,"date":"2012-09-04T10:27:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T10:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/?p=490"},"modified":"2012-09-13T08:06:13","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T08:06:13","slug":"lemon-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/lemon-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemongrass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Common Name: <\/strong> Lemongrass<\/p>\n<p><strong>Latin Name: <\/strong> Cymbopogon citratus<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description : <\/strong> Narrow, ribbon-like, leafy stalks that grow in large clumps have distinctive lemon fragrance. White base of stem is edible. Perennial. 100cm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvesting: <\/strong> Pick leaves or remove portions of the stem as required. Can be frozen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Results : <\/strong> Divide late in winter to rejuvenate plant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uses : <\/strong> Tea is a relaxing bedtime drink. White, fleshy stem is chopped and used in all styles of Asian cuisine. Tie several stems together as BBQ basting brush.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Companion : <\/strong> Plant around outdoor area as plant is an excellent insect repellent. Citronella oil is made from lemon grass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Name: Lemongrass Latin Name: Cymbopogon citratus Description : Narrow, ribbon-like, leafy stalks that grow in large clumps have distinctive lemon fragrance. White base of stem is edible. Perennial. 100cm Harvesting: Pick leaves or remove portions of the stem as required. Can be frozen. Best Results : Divide late in winter to rejuvenate plant. Uses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbaceousherbs.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}